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Walter Allen

Allen, Walter, Private, 29347, 11th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Previously served with 16th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Born Tansley, Derbyshire
Enlisted Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Resided Matlock, Derbyshire
Killed in action 28th April 1917 aged 20
Buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Ypres, IV, B, 25

1911 Census
A furniture shop errand boy
Son of William George, a furniture shop vanman, and Agnes Allen, of 1, Chaplin Terrace, Holt Lane, Matlock, Derbyshire

(Article and photograph from the Derbyshire Times, 12th May 1917)

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Matlock, St. Giles' Church
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